room. and let s begin our coverage with more on the alarming rise in covid cases and the biden administration s renewed push to get americans vaccinated. our chief white house correspondent kaitlan collins is joining us with details. kaitlan, the president and his team are increasingly concerned by the surging pandemic. reporter: they re becoming incredibly concerned about this because they are sitting back and watching as this highly contagious delta variant is fueling these new outbreaks in the united states among the unvaccinated, with over half of the country still unvaccinated. and right now we just got new data from the cdc that shows today was one of the lowest vaccination points since january. when of course that vaccination campaign just got kicked off. what we are hearing not just here at the white house but from leaders nationwide is they are growing very concerned about what s to come. a new sense of urgency in the white house tonight as the u.s. enters a t
over with the capitol insurrection committee set to start its work tomorrow. plus, tokyo now bracing for a typhoon with the olympics in full swing. cnn spoke to one group of olympians who might be happy about this news, the u.s. surf team. welcome to the lead. i m jake tapper. and we begin this hour with our health lead as the pandemic spirals out of control across the united states again. the nation s largest city, its largest state, and one of its largest federal agencies all announcing today that vaccines will become mandatory for government workers. this started with new york city mayor bill de blasio ordering city employees to be vaccinated by mid-september. california governor gavin newsom followed suit requiring proof for all state employees and healthcare workers. then this afternoon, president biden confirming that the department of veterans affairs is requiring all healthcare workers to get the shots. the orders come as doctors and public health experts cont
united states of america. we need it and we are really grateful for it. 18 are still unidentified. of the ones that we know, the age range is 5 months to 86 years and six are younger than 18. it s just horrific. the national guard is on the ground working with state and local officials to find dozens of residents still not accounted for. while thousands of people who live and work in towns like may field and dawson springs brace for this long road ahead. we had no water within the city limits. all the power was cut just for safety reasons after everything fell. so there s no power within the city limits, and the natural gas has been turned off because of so many leaks. so we have no resources to that. i didn t think anybody knew what happened. i didn t know if they knew that we were hit, and i needed them to know so that somebody could come so they could send people to come and get us because, i mean, look at it. we were under that. it was horrible. it was really, r
considering his newest request to keep runs of his secret white house papers just that. secret. but he s running out of options and out of time. the january 6th committee set to get their hands on that documents in just about 24 hours from now. plus which former white house aide will not cooperate with the represent of the committee. spoiler, this guy. mark meadows. what has to happen for him to talk. i m hallie jackson in washington here to start us off, meagan fitzgerald out the courthouse in kenosha along with paul butler and glen kerchner. both msnbc legal analysts. the defense calling its last witness today. walk us through what they re trying to nail home with the last folks they re calling to the stand? reporter: well, hallie, you know, all throughout the day we have heard from witnesses called by the defense that really helped to bolster their case here. for example, just before they broke for the lunch recess, jurors heard from drew fernandez. a man who took vide
vaccinated, the less likelihood is there s going to be another surge as we go into the winter. when you re in the family unit, among people who are vaccinated, i think you should just enjoy the holidays, as best you can in the family spirit. walking arm in arm with his wife, former president bill clinton leaves a california hospital. i think he s lucky to leave the hospital. a 75-year-old man can easily die of sepsis. i m pamela brown in washington. you are live in the cnn newsroom on this sunday. in haiti this evening, a desperate search for clues and a growing sense of urgency tonight over a mass kidnapping of americans, including children. a source tells cnn that the fbi and state department are working around the clock to secure their release, but officials admit, they don t know where the kidnapping victims are being held. a christian ministries group in ohio confirmed that 16 missionaries from the u.s. and one canadian have been taken hos hostage. five of those